Locomotive.



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F. D. SHELDON.

LOCOMOTIVE. APPLICATION HLED AUG. 10. um I Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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LOCOMOTIVE.

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F. D. SHELDON.

LOCOMOTIVE- APPLICATION men AUG-10,1914.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

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F. D. SHELDON.

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kmtrue sses FRANK n. SHELDON, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, asslcnon T0MILWAUKEE L000; 4. azo'rrvn manuracrrunme COMPANY, orv MILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN, A CORPORA- TION or WISCONSIN.

T oall whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. SHELDON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State'- of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and.useful Improvements in Locomotives, of which the following is a full,clear, concise, and exact description, reference be .ing had o theaccompanying drawings,

- as mines, brickyards, lumber yards, etc.,

and it will appear that certain features of my invention are concernedwith locomotives particularly adapted'for this purpos ialthough it willappear that certain other features are useful and advantageousregardless of the particular use to which they are put.

The locomotive of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Y Figure 1 is a side. elevational View thereof, partsof the housing being removedmnd partsbeing broken away so as to revealthe interior construction; Fig. 2 isa plan view thereof; Fig.3 is a viewofthe frame-Work stripped of the mountings; Fig. 4 is a rear elevationalView of the radiator; Fig. 5vis an end elevational view thereof, the endplate being removed; Fig. dis a cross-sectional view of a strainer andfiller which is employed; Fig. 7 is an isolated perspective view-of thedeodorizing system; Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the reliefvalves which is employed in the deodorizing system; Fig. 9 is a more orless diagrammatic representation of the fuel supplying system;

and Fig. 10 is a horizontal sectional view of a valve employed in thisfuel supplying system.

Referring firstto Fig. 3, it will .be seen that the main supportingframe-workcornprises a; front end bumper 11 and a rear Specification ofLetters Patent.

LOCOMOTIVE.

Patented Dean, was.

Application filed August 10, 1914. Serial No. 858,012.

end bumper 12 between which a skeleton framework comprising the two sidemembers 13-13 is secured by means of bolts 1=L14,-as will be seen byfurther reference to Fig. 2. The skeleton formation oi": these sidepieces is of importance in that more or less weight may be employed inthe structure, without change in over-all space, so that when moreweight is required for tracthe purposes, this may be easily providedfor. It will be noted that these skeleton side pieces are straight andthat they engage, end and end, with the bumper so that the strains areproperly met and distributed.

The front end bumper 11 forms theldeodor- 12mg tank, as will bedescribed a little farthe! on, and rear end bumper 12 forms the pit 15for the accommodation of the operator or driver. {It will be noted fromFig. 'i

1 that the control parts are all locatedwithin convenient reach of aperson accommodated in this pit. These bumpers are preferably'of steel.

Each of the skeleton side piecesl3 is pro- 8: i 4 0 vided with two stoutvertical cross pieces 16*16 in which the front and rear axles 11 and 18,respectively, are mounted. The paw. ticular details ofthe mounting-(which is usually a resilient one) do not form a part of my presentinvention and I shall not make any specific disclosure in this respect.Sullice it to say that these axles are mounted in these side pieces. aremounted in car Wheels l9-19, of the usual type, which run upon suitablerails 20. These car wheels ,operate together since theyare mechanicallyunited by means of a connecting rod 21. (Fig. 1). mounted uponeccentricpins 2222,,

The housing for the superstructure is defined in part by the positionsof four sand,

The axles, of course,

boxes 23-23 whichare located, two on each slde piece 13, and-1ntransverse alinement, one near the front and onenear the rear of theframe. These sand boxes appear-exteriorly in the .form of corner postswhich are secured on top of their respective side pieces by means ofbolts 24--24extending through downwardly extending flanges 25-25 thereonand into the side pieces themselves. Each pair of sand boxes is securedtogether by means of longitudinally extending bars 2626. Each of thesesand boxes is provided with a. cover 27 and'a downwardly extending pipe28 leading from the lie bottom to'a point in juxtaposition to thecorresponding wheel The sand pipes which the rear boxes go to a positionin the rear of the wheels.

. Each of 'the sand boxes has disposed therein a verticalrock shaft 29at the bottom top of each shaft29 an arm 31 is'provided and the twofront arms 31' are'connected toclosed positions by means of sprin One ofthe front shafts-29isprov1ded, with of which a fantail valve controlsthe outlet with which the pipe 28 connects. At the gether by a crossp'ece 32 while therear arms31 are connects together by cross arm 33. Thefanta-il valves are all held in their 3434.

a second arm 35 which, b means ofailongitudinally extending r with footand hand lever mechanism 37 ac cessible from the 'pit 15. One 'of therear" shafts 29 is connected with foot and hand a lever mechanism 38accessible from the pit 15.

The foot, and hand lever mechanism737 .is

actuated when the track is to be sanded in the forward movement of thelocomotive and the foot lever mechanism 3.8 is actuatdwhen the track is,to be sanded in the rearward movement of the locomotive,

One of the important features of my invention lies in the arrangementof; parts whereby all the elements which become hot, such as the engine,the radiator, and the deodorizer, are alllocated in a position asremoteas possible from the operators pit; This arrangement of parts issecured and .by mounting I the radiator directly thereon, as will bedescribed more fully presently, and-furthermore, by disposingthe engineimmediately in back of. the radiator. The deodorizer and radiatorfeatures make this compact arrangement possible'iand the operator istherefore efiectively protected from the disagreeable heat of theseparts.

This isparticularly significant in that the theory, of the entirestructure lsone of com pactness and one where the operator :is .likelytobe brought too close to these parts. Particularly in mine locomotivesthis compact-- ness is notonly desirable but absolutely GS-x sen'tialand. the effect of hot parts upon the operator becomes all the moredisagreeable.

The engine is illustrated at 39, the crank case being shown at 40, and,as illustrated, being provided with laterally extending flanges '41which are bplted to thetops of 'the side pieces 13 by 'means'of-bolts42'. The 60 engine shaft. is illustrated at 43 and is pro-' vidcd with afiy-wheel 44 at one end and at the other endwith a pulley 45' which by[means of a belt 46, operates a fan 47 and by. intermediate means a pump48. Thefan 47 is located directly in back of the tube radi- 36, ,isconnected a which will bereferred to later. 'bureter receivesit's airthrough a pipe '65 .(Fig. '9) and. this pipe leads downwardly position.

- ator 49 which, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,

is bolted directly upon the top of the front end bumper 11 andwhich isillustrated in detail. in Figs. 4, 5 and e. The radiator 49 57 andtheheader is divided into compartments by means of partitions 54 and 54 soas to force the water into a zigzag course inits passage through theradiator, -s'o as tdin crease the efficiency of the radiator. The

water enters the radiator at the top through a pipe 55 which comes fromthe outlet mani-. fold '56 of'the engine cyllnder' jackets and leavesthe radiator at the bottom by means of a pi e from ti: a o the enginecylinder jackets.

57 which leads to the pump48. and i e pum'p 48'to the inlet manifold 58n theinlet pipe 55 a filler' and strainer, illustrated in detail inFig.6, is, interposed.

Thisdevice is in the form of; a casing 59. into which a cylindricalscreen 60 is disposed; the top of this easing being provided-with a,cover 61 which, when removedypermits the" introduction of the} water.When the water is introduced in'thisz -way it is of, course filtered bythe screen in passing intov the p the screen, while it filters the waterin its initial introduction, has nothingto (kl- With I the circulationin the system itself, the water making the end bumper a'deodorizer tansystem. "Anannular channel 62surrounds the screen GO a'nd directlyconnects the two attached parts of the ,inlet p1pe\ 55\ so that 116passing around the circular screen by way of'the. annular channel v62 incase the screen should be clogged. The cooling system has no opening tothe atmosphereit is a closed hence, entails small loss den in Figs-1 and2, The carbureter 63 isdisposed below the exhaust manifold 64,

This carfroni the jacket 66 (Figs. 2 and 9) which surrounds the exhaustmanifold and through which air is taken and is heated-by the heat of themanifold. This hot airis cooled by meansof cold air entering 'inla sideopening 67 in the pipe 65, this side opening being controlled by avalve-68. The outlet of' the carbureter, which leads f0 the intakemani-' fold of the engine-cylinders, is provided with a throttle valvemounted upon a shaft 69 which, by means of suitablelinkages 7 0-7 O, iscontrolled from the 'operators The .gasolene, or other liquid fuel, isled to the carbureter by means of a:

area-rec pipe 7lwhich leads from four-way valve 72 located near the fueltanks 7373 which, as illustrated in dotted linesin Rig. '1, are disposedbetween the sand boxes on one side of the locomotive. The four-way valveis shown in detail in Fig. where it will be seen that it comprises anoutercasing 74 and a rotatable plug 7 5. The casingis provided withthree openings at, b and 0, a and exist: Firsif' a, b and 0 may all beconnected together zzsecond, a and b may be connected together'and'cshutofi; third, 6 and 0 may be connected together and (I; shut offfourth, I). shut ofl entirely. Thus, either or both tanks may beconnected with the carbureter or both of them may be cut off therefrom.The valve chamber is provided with a conical strainer 77 and with adrain 78. A handie 79 is con-nectedwith the plug so ,as to secure theadjustment into the various positions. The opening a is connected bymeans of a pipe 80 with one of the tanks 73 and the opening '0 isconnected by a pipe 81 with the other tank 73. Each of these tanks isremovable 'froms'the pipes which are stationarily installed, byloosening the couplings 8282 and in each case a cock 83 is provided. Thetanks are filled by means of openings.84-8 l'in which strainers 85-85are disposed and which are tightly closed by means of screw plugs 86-86.A vent 87 is provided for each tank, this vent being opened after thetank is put in place. As illustrated in dotted lines inFig. 1 and'infull lines in Fig. 2, these tanks are disposed However, the'filler plugof one tank is placed .so close toithe sand box that it is protectedthereby and the filler plug of the second tank is disposed so close tothe end of the first tank that it is protected thereby, or

preferably by theother sand box, and it is necessary for the operatortherefore to remove the tanks before he can fill them. The object ofthis is to make it no easier to bring a supply tank of gasolene into amine than it is to take these tanks out of the mine and fill them inthe'open air.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated in detail the front end bumper 11 whichwill be seen to be in the form of a tank having the inlet passageways 88and the outlet passageways 89. A filling opening 90 is also provided.

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The tank of course is properly shaped so as to make room for thecoupling flanges 91-9l andthe coupling pin 92. This tank is filled, ornearly filled, with watei er some special deodorizing fluid orsubstance, and the exhaust gases are led from'the exhaust manifold 64,which is above the level of the liquid in the deodorizing tank, and downthe pipe 93, through a, check-valve 94c, and .i

into the header 95. leading to. the openings 88. The header is in thenature of a dis tributing head forspreading the gases into thedeodorizer. A relief valve 96, shown in detail in Fig. 8, is disposed inthe exhaust manifold 6%, the valve member 97 being weighted and opposedin its opening movement by gravity. After the vacuum has reached acertain'point, it is broken by the openingv of this valve. 1

The engine, shaft 43 passes rearwardly into the transmission casing 99secured between the side frames by means of support ing parts 9999 Myinvention is not. concerned with the details of this transmission.Sufiiee it to say that it connects the shaft operatively andundercontrol with the pinion 100 which meshes with the gear 101 on the rearaxle. which includes the clutches and the change gears, is controlled bymeans of the gear lever 102 and the clutch lever 103 connected by meansof suitable linkages 10 1, 105 with the movable parts of thetransmission. A

brake'lever f106'is operatively connected with the brake shoes 10 107 bymeans of linkages 108, 109. All these levers, together with the startingdevices 110 and 111, are within easy access of a person accommodated intheoperatorsipit 15.

The rear bumper, as in the case of the front bumper, is provided with acoupling coupling piin 114. v

The various parts of the superstructure are preferably surrounded by asuitable socket 112,,the coupling flanges 113 and the housing.connecting up the sand boxes and the radiator and a top overall is alsodesirable. V a

While the particular details of'the transmission, the brake mechanism,and the start The transmission, 7

ing devices,- do not form part of the subject matter of the presentinvention, the arrange-- ment of the parts and their relations tocertain other parts, so far as described herein, do form part of thesubject matter of this invention. y In the'appended claims I define thevarious features which are of the essence of my invention, which arenovel, and which I de- I claim:

11in a.locomotive, front and rear end bumpers, a framework between them,one of said bumpers being hollow to form a deodorizing tank, and anengine carried by aaid, framework and having its exhaust con- I vradiator with the jacket ofvsaid engine, a deodor1zer compartment withinthepfront I nected withsaid deodorizing tank. 2. Ina locomotiv'e,'jfront and rear end bumpers, a framework between them and op- 5 eratingmechanism carried bysa-id frame" work, one of said bumpers being formedinto 'apit to accommodate anoperator.

3. In a'locomotive, front and rear end bumpers, a skeleton frameworkbetween them, and, asuperstructure secured to said framework, the frontbumper forming a deodorizing tank and the rear bumper form-- ing ait toaccommodate an operator,

' 4. n alocomotive, front and rear "end lit bumpers, -'a skeletonframework between them,'posts forming sand boxes rectangularly .housingbetween saidposts.

. 5'. In a locomotive, front'and rear end 'zofbumpers a. skeletonframework between them, posts forming sand boxes rectan'gularly arrangedon said: framework, a housing between said posts, and meansefor con- 1trolling the outlets from said sand boxes.

7, them, axles mounted in said framework,

wheels on said axles, four posts rectang'u larly arranged to saidframework and forming sand boxes, a pipe leading from each .-.sand boxto a position next a wheel,'-and' means for controlling the outlets fromsaid sa'ndboxes. H V

' '7'.In'a locomotive, front and rear end,

85 bumpers, a skeleton frameworkf'between them, axles mounted in saidframework,

tion next a wheel, and means for controlling the outlets from said sandboxes. n 8. In a locomotive, hollow cast metal fi'ont and rear endbumpers,a skeletonframework' 145 between them, axles'mounted in saidframework, wheels on said axles, and an engine, on said frameworkoperatively connected to said wheels, the exhaust from said'engiiie Ipassing through one of said hollow bumpers; 9. In a locomotive, frontand rear end bumpers, a skeleton framework betweenthem, axles mounted insaid framework, wheels on said axles, an engine on saidframework nearthe front thereof,- a radiator .55 on the front bumper, means connectingsaid radiator with the jacket of said engine, and

a deodorizer compartment within.the' front bumper, said deodorizercompartment being 1 connected with the engine exhaust.

- '10. In a locomotive, front and fear end bumpers, a skeleton frameworkbetween them, a'xlesmounted in said framework, .wheels on said axles,'an engine on said vframework near the front-thereof, aradiatorfl trolmeans at the rearend' of said framework,-the rear bumper having a pit toac-.- commodate an operator. 4

a ilaceat the rear thereof for the accommoarranged on said framework,and a 6.111 a; locomotive, front and rear end v bumpers, a; skeletonframework betweenv 1; a 14. Ina locomotive, a pair of fuel tanks,

front-v and rear end bumpers, a' skeleton wheels on said axles,an-engine on said on the but means said at bumper, saiddeodorizercompartment being connected with theengine exhaust, and con- 11. In alocomotive, a framework, an engine, a radiator and ad'eodoriz'er for theen gine exhaust located at the front thereof, and "control means locatedat the rear thereof. v,

' 12; In a locomotive, .a framework having ion of an operator, an enginetoward the 'front' thereof, a radiator at the front thereof connectedwith the water jacket'of the engine, a deodorizer at the front thereofconnected with the exhaust of the engine,

clutches andtransmission gear mechanism carried. on said frameworktoward the rear thereof, and a gear lever, a brake lever and a clutchlever at the'rear thereof.

-.1'3. .In-a locomotive, a fuel tank, a filler in the'endof said tank,means for mounting said tank so that said filler will be covered by aportion of the framework so 'as to make the filler inaccessiblewithoutremoving the tank from the locomotive.

aIcar'bnreter, and afour-way valve controllin the connectiongbetweensaid tanks and ,sai carburetor so that either or'bo'th of said tanks maybe -connected therewith or entirely out off therefrom.

f 15. In a locomotive, hollow cast metal front andirear end bumpers, aframework between them, anda superstructure secured to said framework. 1t a 16. In a locomotive, front-andrear end bumpers, a framework betweenthem, posts forming sand'boxes'arranged on said framework, and a housingbetween said post's.

17. In 'a locomotive, hollow cast metal 110 framework between. them,axles mounted in .said framework, wheels on said axles, a motor on saidframework, and vmeans one-said, framework for operativelyf connectingsaid motor to said wheels. a

"'18. In a locomotive, front and rear endbumpers, a skeleton frameworkbetween them, axles mounted'in; said: framework,

framework near the front thereof, a midiatoron the front bumper, meansconnecting said radiator with the jacket on said engine, a deodorizercompartment within the front I bumper, said deodorizer compartment beinga connected with the engine'exhaust, and control'means at the rear endof said frame 1 .work. I a a 19. In a locomotive, a framework, front andrear end bumpers, an engine, a radiator and a deodorizer for the engineexhaust located at the front thereof, and control means located at therear thereof, the rear bumper 5 having a pit to accommodate an operator,said control means being accessible to the operator In witnesswhereof, Ihereutno subscribe my name this 6th day of Augqst, A. D. 1914.

Witnesses:

R. P. Sm, R. WEILAND.

FRANK D. SHELDON}.

